Selig to get 2 year extension

[TruffleShuffle]

Selig's tenure has been good for the business of baseball, of that there is little doubt.

 

But as to baseball itself... interleague play, unbalanced schedules (especially with the absurd "rivalry" interleague series) and steps he's initiated towards the DH in the NL are all things that I do not care for. What can I say? I'm a traditionalist.

 

And for everything intelligent he's done like create MLBAM to make really cool stuff like Gameday and the PitchFX system readily available to mass consumption, you'll see real headscratchers like the blackout restrictions and the pulling down of every single clip on youtube.

 

He's not a total success. He's not a complete failure. But based on what I care about, my opinion of him leans more towards failure.

 

i don't really understand how you can divorce all these things from "the business of baseball." things like unbalanced schedules and clips not being posted on youtube are pretty insignificant compared to the fact that baseball continues to be played. but really, selig's commitment isn't to the fans, it's to the owners, and he's made them extremely wealthy. 2/3 of the teams in mlb have gotten a new stadium during the past 20 years, and revenues have increased by almost 600% during that time. the quality of play on the field remains very high, the owners are profiting wildly, the players are profiting wildly, and the fans enjoy the experience, and the game is quite accessible for people watching from their mother's basements (aside from youtube, obviously).

 

baseball prospectus had an article about this recently (subscriber only). one of the quotes from the article:

 

He may not be as sharp as he could be on the finer details, but he has a solid grasp on the big picture. He wields the phone in ways the best CEOs can only dream of. As one long-time executive said, “Whether it’s the Yankees or the Pirates, Bud always is able to relate to an owners plight and does so with sincerity.”

 

 

selig is a guy who loves the game, and he very much deserves to be elected to the hall of fame before he passes away. hopefully the voters get on that sometime soon.

[Sammy Sofa]

steps he's initiated towards the DH in the NL

 

Then the man is a [expletive] hero.

[erik316wttn]

steps he's initiated towards the DH in the NL

 

Then the man is a [expletive] hero.

 

What "steps" are these?

[Sammy Sofa]

Not enough.